Title: Security Issues display
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Security Issues display

 *  Resolved [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/)
 * (@kts915)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/)
 * On the dashboard is a Security Issues display. On each site I have connected,
   this suggests that I need to “Prevent listing wp-content, wp-content/plugins,
   wp-content/themes, wp-content/uploads”
 * The problem with this is that my host has already done this. Anyone without FTP
   access who tries to find any of these folders is simply presented with a blank
   screen.
 * So I’m not really sure what this message is suggesting.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mainwp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mainwp/)

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 *  Plugin Author [mainwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mainwp/)
 * (@mainwp)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688015)
 * The security check is looking for an index.php page in the directory so that 
   folder contents are not listed. Clicking fix will simply add an empty index.php
   page or you can ignore the warning if you feel comfortable that your host has
   already corrected the issue.
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/)
 * (@kts915)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688088)
 * OK. What about these? One site with the same host produces these additional warnings:
 * Remove wp-version
    Remove Really Simple Discovery meta tag Remove Windows Live
   Writer meta tag Remove version information for scripts/stylesheets
 * I am using the bones theme, and it specifically includes functions that already
   do that. So what do these warnings mean?
 *  Plugin Author [mainwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mainwp/)
 * (@mainwp)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688217)
 * The best thing to do is check this Doc page for more information [What does the Security Issues page fix?](http://docs.mainwp.com/security-issues-page-fix/)
 * Once again you can ignore the warning if you feel comfortable that your theme
   has already corrected the issue.
 *  Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/)
 * (@kts915)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688219)
 * Thanks, but that just re-states what the plugin claims to be doing.
 * My point is that I know my theme is doing these things already, so the report
   in MainWP is erroneous. Now I could just turn it off, as you say, but I’d expect
   you at least to be sufficiently interested to investigate the cause of the issue.
 * The problem is that, if I can’t trust MainWP to give me an accurate report about
   this, and you aren’t going to investigate, then it’s difficult to know whether
   I should trust other things that MainWP says.
 *  Plugin Author [mainwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mainwp/)
 * (@mainwp)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688220)
 * We would be happy to investigate your situation to see exactly where the issue
   is.
 * We have no other reports on the [Support forum](https://mainwp.com/forum/) of
   this so it will be very helpful to trouble shoot with your hosting setup and 
   Theme if you don’t mind.
 * I notice someone with your username is already signed up for the Members area
   and I assume it is you (if not [please signup](https://mainwp.com/member/signup)
   and select Free)
 * Log into the [MainWP Members Area](https://mainwp.com/member/login/index) and
   select Help Desk Ticket.
 * Reference this post and we’ll get someone from the Dev team to work specifically
   with you and your setup.
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/)
 * (@kts915)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688221)
 * Yes, that would be me! I will do that. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/)
 * (@kts915)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688247)
 * This is just to report that the issues were caused by:
 * 1. A missing blank index.php file in wp-content/uploads; and
    2. The fact that
   my theme (bones) removes all the security issues with functions in a file other
   than functions.php (which is where MainWP currently looks).
 * MainWP investigated, talked to my host, and diagnosed the issues. They are now
   also thinking about how to look for functions in files other than functions.php.
   You can’t ask for better service than that.
 * So, in answer to my own point above, I now have considerable trust in what the
   MainWP dashboard tells me.

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 * Last reply from: [KTS915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kts915/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issues-display/#post-4688247)
 * Status: resolved